Pakistani doctor gets medal in Saudi Arabia over COVID-19 services

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry has awarded Saudi-based Pakistani doctor Zia Ullah Khan Dawar with a medal in recognition of his work as one of the captains of COVID-19 team.

According to the Kingdom’s publication, the health worker has been living in Saudi Arabia for the past four years and has worked on several health programmes including tuberculosis, dengue fever, and malaria.

The publication further said that Zia Ullah Khan Dawar is currently working with the kingdom’s health ministry in Jeddah as part of a COVID-19 surveillance and data analysis team.

Dawar in an interview with the publication said, “Saudi Health Ministry gave awards to doctors and health professionals in recognition of 100 days of their services in fighting against the virus and I am one of the foreign doctors awarded.”

“I am feeling so proud to get the recognition of my services. I come from North Waziristan, so it is not only an honor for me but for my area and for Pakistan,” he told.

Saudi-based Pakistani doctor said, “We were working in a mobile team which is a challenging and risky job,” adding “Whenever any positive case was reported, we immediately had to go to the site and do the needful.”